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@w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com, says...

On Jul 28, 3:20*pm, Harry ? wrote:
On 7/28/10 3:15 PM, wrote:



On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:30:09 -0400, Harry
wrote:

The Boy Scouts have already had those sorts of scandals.

Hence the policy. It may be backward thinking in the 21st century but
I bet more than half of the parents agree with the policy. The scouts
are struggling to survive and they simply reflect the values of their
target demographic.
Public funding is a separate issue but the government funds a lot of
things we find unacceptable on some level. A lot of people think
churches should pay taxes.
The recent document dump says we are funding the Taliban.

Do the boy scouts have a policy against child molesters? I suspect what
they want to prevent is child molestation, and that sort of activity
typically is not the kind of "fun" gay men prefer.

I can just hear the right-wing trash exclaim after some molester is
arrested for buggering Boy Scouts, "Well, at least he wasn't gay."

Doesn't the fact that a man pursues other males of any age make them
gay?
I do understand the difference between consenting adults and children
but the perception is still out there.
Personally I do not have an opinion on this but I do understand what
other people think.
Would you care at all if the BSA was not taking public funds?

1. No, it doesn't.

BS. Of course it does.


2. ...and using public facilities...

I don't subscribe to the Rand Paul view of allowing private
organizations to discriminate on the basis of race.

More BS. BSoA is not discriminating based on race. There are troops
in this area that have black, white, and hispanic members. And, they
do not receive any direct government funding. They are non-profit,
private organization.

It doesn't matter. I hate them. I was never allowed to participate in
anything like that. I had to sit in my protective room all evening
taking practice tests. Anything else was too dangerous.